The Indie Biography and Memoir Bestseller List

1.

Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252

2.

Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021659

3.

My Life in France
Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695

4.

Going Rogue
Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891

5.

The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542

6.

Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412

7.

True Compass
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258

8.

Open
Andre Agassi, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307268198

9.

Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013

10.

Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385522267

11.

Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $27, 9780066211312

12.

Strength in What Remains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $26, 9781400066216

13.

The Happiness Project
Gretchen Craft Rubin, Harper, $25.99, 9780061583254

14.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060852566

15.

Lit
Mary Karr, Harper, $25.99, 9780060596989

16.

My Stroke of Insight
Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544

17.

Julie & Julia
Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271

18.

Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson, $14.99, 9780849919107

19.

The Widow Clicquot
Tilar J. Mazzeo, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061288586

20.

The Politician
Andrew Young, Thomas Dunne, $24.99, 9780312640651

21.

The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $6.99, 9780553577129

22.

A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
Bill O'Reilly, Broadway , $26, 9780767928823

23.

Manhood for Amateurs
Michael Chabon, Harper, $25.99, 9780061490187

24.

Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016

25.

The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257